📢 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 | 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐋. 𝐂𝐨 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬
You are invited to the inaugural lecture of the Leonard L. Co Lecture Series!
🪴Branches of History: Trees, Empire, and Nation
🎙 Speaker: Dr. Ruel V. Pagunsan
Chair, Department of History, University of the Philippines Diliman
🗓 November 21 (Friday)
🕝 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 College of Science Auditorium, UP Diliman
Attendance is open to the public.
#LeonardLCoLectureSeries
Organized by the Justice for Leonard Co Movement, Institute of Biology-UP Diliman, Philippine Native Plants Conservation Society, Inc., Green Convergence, and the Constantino Foundation
The 15th of November marks the 15th anniversary of the murder of Leonard Co, known as the People’s Botanist. The occasion will be marked with several activities and announcements at the Institute of Biology in UP Diliman, concluding with a 1:00-3:00 PM press event that will provide a legal update on the case. Just as compelling will be the release during the event of a huge number of new and rescued images documented from Leonard’s field work, downloaded to a hard drive just before his horrific death. The images, rescued from a data storage unit thought to have been lost to rust [READ]
I must confess, when I sat down to watch Lakambini, I thought I was merely revisiting a historical figure I already admired — Gregoria de Jesús, the Lakambini ng Katipunan, wife of the Supremo. But I wasn’t prepared for what the film stirred in me. It felt less like watching history and more like being confronted by history — by the unfinished work of a nation still struggling to rise from betrayal and broken dreams.
Bakit ako interesado sa pelikulang ito? Dahil tubong Kalookan si Oryang, and I am presently the bishop of Kalookan. Ang Kalookan, para sa akin ay “bayan ng mga bayani” — and now, painfully, also bayan ng mga dukha, at simbahan din ng mga dukha. Our diocese became ground zero during the darkest days of the drug war. And in those years, I met women who reminded me of Oryang — widows like Mary Ann and Grace, [READ]
May the caves and slopes of Buga-Buga, once places of conflict, now echo prayers of harmony.’
AT the commemorative luncheon for the Leyte Gulf landings anniversary, Gregoria Equipaje Badeo shared her personal experience and her historical notes during the Japanese Occupation: “In Barrio Santa Ana, 13 men were burned to death…Luckily, one man (half-burned) was able to escape the torture and narrate the news to the neighborhood. But this man died, also.”
“The Guerrillas, very much in rage at the cruelties of the Japanese, paved their way to the Japanese garrison at Burauen North Central School. This encounter started in the last week of October 1942 and lasted for almost a week. Soldiers and guerrillas surrounded the garrison and blockaded the Japanese forces.” Mrs. Badeo’s testimony at the Leyte Convention Complex, Barangay Pawing, Palo is part of the permanent record of the Burauen History Club and the commemorative luncheon was sponsored by [READ]
𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞 | Echoing the powerful statement, Day 2 of PADAYON PAGBUKWAT HAN ATON MGA KAAGI: An International Lecture Series on World War II Leyte explored stories of heroism, resistance, and the enduring impact of World War II on the Filipino identity.
Broadcast journalist Anna Karmina B. Constantino-Torres, granddaughter of nationalist historian Renato Constantino, was among the keynote speakers. Representing the Constantino Foundation Inc., she emphasized the importance of historical truth, research, and the unending pursuit of facts, for the love of the Filipino people and the country. She also led the launch of the 50th Anniversary Edition of The Philippines: A Past Revisited by Renato Constantino and Letizia Roxas-Constantino, the famous Philippine History textbook written from a Filipino point of view.
Meanwhile, UP Manila Professor and writer Bernard Leo M. Karganilla introduced Guerilla Warfare 101: The Hunters-ROTC Guerillas to an audience composed mostly of students and educators. Prof. Marcelino M. Macapinlac Jr. [READ]
People visit a comic art exhibit featuring Filipinas who transform into powerful modern-day superheroes. Dubbed ‘Alas ng Bayan 2.0,’ the stories reinterpret the legacy of Filipina resistance—from the 19th century to the present. The free admission exhibit opened at the Tandang Sora Women’s Museum in Quezon City on Oct. 17 and would run until Nov. 23, 2025. PHOTOS BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE
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𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝟐.𝟎 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
📍 Tandang Sora Women’s Museum | October 15, 2025
📸 Photos by Bernard Testa
A powerful launch honoring the unbroken line of Filipina heroism—from Gregoria de Jesus, Apolonia Catra, Remedios Gomez-Paraiso, Lorena Barros, to Gloria Capitan. Curated by Rio Constantino and illustrated by Billy Pangilinan, the exhibit opened with reflections from the artist, curator, and families of the heroines.
Presented by the Constantino Foundation, in partnership with 350 Pilipinas and the Quezon City Tourism Department.
Open to the public Oct 16–Nov 23, 2025 | Tues–Sun | 9AM–4PM [READ]
Mensahe sa Pasinaya sa Exhibit ng Alas ng Bayan 2. O
Tandang Sora Women’s Museum
Oktubre 15, 2025
Makasaysayan ang buwan ng Oktubre sa maraming dahilan. Para sa akin dalawa ang may katuturan sa hapong ito:
Sa Oktubre 28 ay 42 taong anibersaryo ng Filipino Women’s Day of Protest noong 1983 para manawagang wakasan na ang diktadurang Marcos, sarhan ang Bataan Nuclear Power Plant at palayain ang mga bilanggong pulitikal.
Oktubre 15, ngayong araw, ay Pandaigdigang Araw ng Kababaihan sa Kanayunan o International Rural Women’s Day. Binibigyang halaga nito ang papel ng kababaihang magbubukid sa produksyon sa agrikultura laluna ang pagkain habang dinadanas nito mabigat na pasanin ng gawaing bahay at pag-aruga sa pamilya. Mahalagang bahagi sila sa pakikibaka ng masang magbubukid para sa tunay na repormang agraryo.
Narito tayo ngayon sa tanging museo ng kababaihan sa buong Pilipinas para bigyang pugay ang limang kababaihang Pilipina na naging bahagi sa paglikha sa kasaysayan: Gregoria de Jesus, [READ]
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